화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, Vol.38, No.2, 175-186, 2008
Effect of alkyl chain length on the electrochemical perfluorination of n-alkane (C-6-C-10) carboxylic acid chlorides
Electrochemical perfluorination (ECPF) of n-hexanoyl, n-heptanoyl, n-octanoyl, n-nonanoyl and n-decanoyl chlorides was carried out under identical experimental conditions in liquid HF. The product distribution among perfluorinated carboxylic acids, perfluoro ethers, perfluoroalkanes, isomerised and fragmented products containing less number of carbon atoms was identified using F-19 NMR. The selectivity of C-6-C-10 perfluoro carboxylic acid varied between 29 and 36%. The alkali insoluble perfluoro cyclic ether and perfluoro alkane fractions increased with increasing chain length. The increase of perfluoroalkane fractions is mainly due to decarboxylation. Cyclic ether fractions also decreased slightly with increase in chain length. Among the cyclic ethers alpha substituted oxolanes were the predominant products. Six membered cyclic ethers were always found to contain beta substitution. The possible pathways for these products are also indicated.